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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Catalyst Partnerships

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800229948
OR · NTEE L81
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shawn Mitchell, Executive Director / CEO ($37,387) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1148 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shawn Mitchell — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,148 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,148 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$82 total compensation of comparable organizations → $632,246 $37,387
$10,36510th
$22,71225th
$43,543Median
$67,59875th
$90,50790th
$37,387This org · 43rd
p10$10,365
p25$22,712
p50$43,543
p75$67,598
p90$90,507
$37,387

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to OR cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Caring Residential Services Ii Inc NJ$312,393 Pres And Exec Director Ope $157,895 $147,450 2024
Steps 4 Life Community Services CA$312,208 President $65,680 $59,320 2024
Independent Living Horizons Eight Inc GA$312,750 President/ceo $21,151 $22,901 2023
Keystone Development Inc TN$312,151 Executive Director $24,097 $26,493 2024
Keats Gardens Inc RI$312,852 Chief Executive Officer $47,926 $48,066 2024
Switzerland County Housing Inc IN$312,921 Office Manager $19,501 $21,510 2024
Neighborhood Housing Inc WI$311,968 President $38,280 $41,815 2024
Roxbury Development Corporation MA$313,126 Director $4,247 $3,992 2024
Stoney Pinecharities Housing Corp CA$311,730 President (Thru 12/24) $51,561 $46,568 2024
Tg 301 Inc TX$311,505 Executive Director $20,876 $22,487 2023
Lancaster Housing Development Fund NY$313,548 Board Member/board President $25,080 $24,404 2023
Wider Path Home Foundation RI$313,582 Director (Jan-july); President (July-dec) $46,354 $46,489 2024
Rainbow Horizons CA$311,306 President & Ceo Of New Horizons $8,068 $7,502 2023
Catholic Housing Corporation Of Mt Penn PA$311,298 Chief Executive Officer $38,008 $40,815 2023
330 East 4th Street Housing Development Fund NY$311,159 Vice President $61,207 $59,557 2023
Twin Pines Apartments Inc ID$310,754 Chief Executive Officer $6,686 $7,439 2024
Snhs North Berwick Elderly Housing Inc NH$314,200 Treasurer $53,564 $50,397 2025
3rd And Goal Foundation OH$310,647 Executive Di $80,293 $91,576 2023
Safe Haven Transitional Inc GA$314,571 Exec Director $70,042 $75,837 2023
Memphis Chamber Foundation TN$314,663 President $48,815 $55,253 2023
River Grove Retirement Community Inc MI$310,149 President & Ceo $31,878 $35,431 2023
Episcopal Community Housing Inc NY$314,851 President/c.e.o. $29,230 $27,626 2024
Community Housing Council Of Fresno CA$315,026 Executive Dir. $100,000 $90,316 2024
Notre Dame Place Inc TX$309,665 Coo $211,338 $221,114 2024
Town Clock Community Development NJ$309,594 Executive Director $76,000 $73,069 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to OR cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Shawn Mitchell) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 1148 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (L), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,387 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.